Screen-door fastener.



Patented Jan. 28, N02.

W. B. CQCHRANE. SCREEN DOOR FASTENEB.

(Application filed Aug. 6, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BUTLER COCHRANE, on POOATELLO, IDAHO, ASSIGNOR on ONE- HALF TO LoUIs o. KETTLER, OF POOATELLO, IDAHO.

SCREEN-DOOR FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692, 119, dated January 28, 1902. Application filed August 6, 1901. Serial No. 71,065. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: to receive screws for attachment of the Be itknown tl1atI,WILLIAM BUTLER COOH- catch-box upon the stile B in an upright po- RANE, acitizen of the United States,andaresisition, so that the lower edge of the aperture dent of Pocatello, in the county of Bannock b is horizontal, and the catch-box is located 5 and State of Idaho, have invented anew and near the jamb of the easement or door-frame Improved Screen-Door Fastener, of which the A when the door is closed, as represented in following is a full, clear, and exact descrip- Fig. 1. A latch-bar 6, which coacts with the tion. I catch-box 5, essentially consists of a spring- The object of this invention is to provide a limb having a pad-like footpiece (1 formed IO door-fastener of novel simple construction thereon atone end,said footpiece beingadaptespecially adapted for holding a screen-door ed for secure attachment upon the easementcompletely closed and yet permit the door to jamb A. At its opposite end the latch-bar 6 be pushed open without requiring manipulais formed with a latch-hook e, substantially tion of the fastener. V-shaped on the nose thereof, which depends 6 15 A further object is to provide means for from the free end of the limb, and said nose locking the fastener so that the door may be may be slightly rounded on its apex to adapt secured in closed condition at any time deit to work effectively. sired. In the top wall of the catch-box 5 a trans- The invention consists in the novel con- Verse slot 9 is formed, and in said slot alock- 2o struction and combination of parts, as is hereing-bolt 7 is held to slide, the upper end of inafter described,and definedin the appended the bolt being provided with a head 7, the

claims. flat body of the bolt projecting down into the Reference is to be had to the accompanying cavity of the catch-box. drawings, formingapart of this specification, In arranging the door-fastener for service 25 in which similar characters of reference indisuch a relative position is given to the latchcate corresponding parts in all the figures. bar 6 as will permit the latch-hook ethereon Figure 1 is a perspective View in part of a to have free latching engagement with the door-casement and of a screen-door thereat lower transverse edge of the aperture 1).

held in closed adjustment by the improved It will be seen that the peculiar form given 3o fastener. Fig. 2is a sectional side view of to the latch-hook 6 will adapt it to hold the the improvement, showing a modified conscreen-door closed against a current of air struction of part of the device; and Fig. 3 is or other slight pressure upon it, but will pera transverse sectional view substantially on Init the door to be opened by pushingit with the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. such force as will lift the latch-bar at its free 35 In the drawings, A indicates a jamb of at end by overcoming the tension of its springdoor-frame, and B the stile or free edge of a body.

screen-door B, said free edge having a lapped As the locking-bolt 7 may be moved in the engagement witha shoulder a, formed on the catch-box 5 by means of its head '7 toward do0r-frarne and Whereon the screen-door imeither side wall of the box, it is evident that 0 4o pinges when in closed condition, as indicated the pendent portion of the bolt, which has in Fig. 1. A catch-box 5 is one main feature such length as will permit the lower end to of the invention and comprises a preferably pass above and near the upper side of the four-sided box normally open at its rear and latch-hook e, may be adjusted to dispose it transversely apertured, as at b, in its front directly over the hook portion of the latch- 5 5 wall at or near the vertical center of said front bar 6 or at one side of the same.

Wall. I When the door is in use for frequent pas- Two similar flanges 5 are formed on the sage through the opening it guards, the lockcatch-box 5 and respectively project in the ing-bolt .7 must be moved awayfrom the latchsame plane at the rear edge thereof a suitable bar 6, so that it may be raised at its hooked 50 distance beyond the top and bottom Walls, end by pressure upon the door. If, however,

and screw-holes c are formed in said flanges the door is to be temporarily locked, this may be readily effected by movement of the locking-bolt 7, so as to locate it above the hooked end of the latch-bar 6, which will prevent the latch-bar from rising sufficiently to disengage the hook e from the catch-box and therefore lock the door until the bolt 7 is removed from over the latch-bar.

In Fig. 2 is shown a modified form of the latch-bar to adapt it for adjustment endwise, so that it may be increased or diminished in length to suit difierent widths of door-casement jambs. In this construction one end of thelatch-bar body 6 islongitudinally movable in the transversely-slotted footpiece d and is perforated at short' intervals, these perforations h being adapted separately for alinement with mating holes in the slotted footpiece cl and for the reception of a securing-screw 71, whereby the latch-bar maybe adjusted endwise to give it desired length, as may be required.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A door-fastener, consisting of catch-box adapted to be secured to a door and provided with a central opening in its front wall and with a transverse slot in its top Wall, an adjustable spring-bar adapted to be secured to a door-casement and provided at its free end with a V-shaped hook adapted to enter the opening of the box and engage the front wall thereof, and a bolt loosely held in the slot of the box and having its lower end extending down into the box, said bolt being adapted to be moved in the said slot to dispose it directly over the hook of the said bar or at one side of the same, as set forth.

2. A door-fastener, comprising a catch-box adapted to be secured to a door and provided with an opening in its front Wall and with a transverse slot in its top wall, a spring-bar adapted to be secured toa door-casement and having a hook-shaped end adapted to enter the opening of the box and engage the front wall thereof, and a bolt slidably held in the slot of the box with its end extending down into the same, the said bolt being adapted to be disposed directly over the hook of the bar or at oneside of the same, as setforth.

3. A door-fastener, consisting of a box having an opening in its front wall and a slot in its top wall and adapted to be secured to a door, a bolt slidably held in the slot of the box with its end extending down into the same, a slotted footpiece adapted to be secured to a door-casement, and a spring-bar having a plurality of openings for adjustably securing it to the slotted foot, and provided with a hook at one end adapted to enter the opening of the box and engage the front Wall thereof, as set forth,

In testimony 'whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM BUTLER COOHRANE.

Witnesses: v

LEON HYSLOP, ALEX. HYsLoP. 

